Dark Sky efforts underway at Voyageurs National Park

Northeastern Minnesota is one of the darkest places in the world, making it great for nighttime sky viewing. Voyageurs National Park is applying for certification from the International Dark Sky Association. Ashley Wilson, dark sky intern at the park joined Julie on The Roadhouse to tell us more about dark skies and the certification process.

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Chan Poling on The Scenic Route

Chan Poling is best known as the keyboardist and vocalist for iconic Twin Cities band The Suburbs, but more recently has been involved with The New Standards jazz trio and a number of musical theatre projects at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. He joins Will Moore by phone ahead of a Suburbs show at Papa Charlie’s to talk about the band’s newest album “Hey Muse”, forming The Suburbs, helping create the “Minneapolis sound” and much more.

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Centerstage Minnesota: End To End Music with Charlie Pulkrabek

This edition of Centerstage Minnesota is all music. We start with three from acts that feature Duluth musician Marc Gartman; Fever Dream, Coyote, and Two Many Banjos. Then one from the post-Gear Daddies release called Bowling Shoes Blues put out by Billy Dankert in 1993. In this show we also hear music from Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets, 4OnTheFloor, Dylan Hicks, Low, Germaine Gemberling, Spymob, Sasha Mercedes, and Christoph Bruhn.